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In his abilities, his virtues, and his defects he was an American, and so plainly one as to be beyond the reach of doubt or question.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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gutenberg.orgHenry Cabot Lodge: “In his abilities, his virtues, and his defects he was an American, and so plainly one as to be beyond the reach of doubt…”
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Lodge asserts that George Washington's identity as an American is indisputable based on his virtues and abilities.
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